Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
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BESSEMER - Playing in some real football weather on Friday night, Gogebic played its best game of the season and rolled to a 38-18 win in its homecoming game. "It feels good," Gogebic coach Mark Movrich said. "It's been awhile since we won a game. (Aug. 29). I watched a lot of film on Houghton and they gave Lake Linden and Northland Pines tough games. I thought the key was us getting off to a quick start and getting momentum. It would have been easy for us to go through the motions after...
ONTONAGON - Ewen-Trout Creek came from behind in the fourth quarter and won its renewed rivalry game against Ontonagon 12-6 in overtime on Friday. "We were down 6-0 most of the game," E-TC coach Larry Maki said of the battle between two Ontonagon County schools. "But the boys didn't quit. We ran a lot of plays and kept plugging away, but we had a tough time for three quarters. That No. 70 for Ontonagon (Logan Jilbert) was a beast. We took the battle of Ontonagon County, and the team and the...
WAKEFIELD - The Gogebic Miners and first-year varsity head coach Mark Movrich started off the season with a convincing 48-7 win over Hancock on Saturday. "I'm definitely glad for the win," Movrich said. "When you win that first game, it's easier to come back to practice and focus on the positive things we did and what we have to do better. "We made some first-game mistakes, but we were able to keep the ball moving and we've got some explosive backs. All too often, a line will just push or lean...
EWEN - Ewen-Trout Creek stormed out to an 14-0 early lead, but Pickford rocked the Panthers by scoring 56 of the next 62 points and won 56-22 in the opening 8-man game of the season on Thursday night. "E-TC was hitting on all cylinders and fought hard the whole game," Pickford head coach Josh Rader said. "We seemed to have a lot of first game nerves, but there was no panic, no worry. The offense calmed down and responded. We had good focus, a good first game and a good victory. It's our first ye...
IRONWOOD — Former head football coach Pat Gallinagh recently gave the Daily Globe sports department a copy of the book Unintended Impact, written by Jim Proebstle. Proebstle tells the gut-wrenching and powerful story of how his brother, Dick, suffered a number of concussions playing high school and college football. The repeated head concussions and sub-concussions caused brain trauma and led to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). Many people have never heard of CTE or think a concussion and CTE are the same thing, but they are not. A c...
IRONWOOD - Ironwood started practice with a new coach for the first time in six years. Ryan Niemi took over the helm this year and the Red Devils started practice as did other Michigan teams on Monday. The Red Devils had 22 players on the first day, but Niemi said they expect to have between 32 and 34. Ironwood went through a lot of new stuff on the first day. "There was a lot of excitement in the air," Niemi said. "The kids are recharged and more upbeat." Ironwood has a lot of juniors and s...
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - The Ironwood Area Sports Hall of Fame welcomed new inductees at its 2015 induction ceremony on Saturday at the Gogebic Community College Lindquist Center. The new inductees are a diverse group as they entered the sports hall of fame from a variety of backgrounds, ages and sports. The new inductees included individuals Kristen Ruppe-Anderson, the late Theron Peterson, the late John Serbin, Lee Belmas, Shawn McMullin, Pete Kopecko, Andrea Smith and Ironwood's 1943 football...
WAKEFIELD - Power boat race officials estimate that Wakefield has seen an increase of about 500 people with the Wakefield Outboard Nationals in town this week. That includes the racers, family members, friends and spectators. Local business owners say it has given their community an economic shot in the arm. Jami Tauer, owner of Ma's Place Cafe, said business has been "phenomenal." Tauer said that with very little racing going on Tuesday and Wednesday because of the gusty winds and poor water...
HURLEY - The Hurley Quarterback Club inducted its 18th class into the Hurley High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday at the Hurley K-12 School. The new inductees included: The 2000 and 2001 girls' cross country teams and multi-sport athletes Ron Lundgren and Scott Rainaldo. Kayla Anderson was also an individual inductee as well as a member of the cross country teams. The day was filled with camaraderie, humor, great memories and plenty of thank yous. KAYLA ANDERSON (Class of 2002)...
IRONWOOD - When Jordan Barto and Simon Store qualified for the Championship Flight by shooting a 70 on Saturday, many at the Milakovich Memorial Tournament probably considered them dark-horses to compete with the "big names" and win the championship on Sunday afternoon. But Barto and Simon never imagined themselves not winning the Milakovich. "We thought we could win," Barto said. "That was the goal before we teed off on Saturday. We have the game. Simon and I play well together and get along...
IRONWOOD — The Milakovich Memorial Tournament is a golf event steeped in tradition and not prone to radical changes The tournament has long been an integral part of the Milakovich family heritage and Jim Milakovich has said a number of times that there only have been "tweaks" in the tournament over the years. Some 200 golfers and 100 teams along with anyone else associated with the Milakovich seem to like it that way. In other words, why mess with success? But in today's world, change has become a part of our everyday lives. The Gogebic C...
IRONWOOD - The nine and ten year-old Penokee Range All-Star softball team split two games in the district tournament at the John Krznarich field over the weekend, but Sunday's victory over Keweenaw in extra innings sent the Rangers to Esserville, Mich. for the Michigan State Softball Championship. Esserville is about 10 miles away from Bay City, Mich. On Friday, July 31, the team will register and on Saturday the games will begin and run through Aug.6. District 9-10 Year-old Softball All-Star...
WAKEFIELD - The Penokee Range All-Star team narrowly defeated Keweenaw in a 10-9 thrilling battle on Thursday in the Little League District 11 (11-12 year olds) baseball tournament at Wakefield. "I knew we had it all the way," joked Penokee Range coach Ross Solberg. "Actually, we're proud of every kid on the team." Now it's on to Marquette to play the winner of the Marquette-Ishpeming today at 4 p.m. CST. The field is located just past Longyear Field by the Superior Dome. Solberg said the two...
WAKEFIELD - The Penokee Range All-Star team built a sizable lead in the Little League District 11 boys 11-12 year-old baseball tournament and held on to win 7-6 over Keweenaw on Tuesday night. "We were getting a little nervous at the end," coach Ross Solberg said. "Payton (Solberg) pitched well and had great command. But we have a pitch count in Little League and if he threw one more pitch, he would not have been able to pitch for four days. We also picked it up and played good defense "...
WAKEFIELD – 258 runners and walkers got up early on the 4th of July to participate in the 38th annual Sunday Lake Run/Walk over the scenic 2.8 mile course on Saturday. For the runners, they simply circle Sunday Lake and Dave Hebert, of Iron River, Mich., and Callie Fischer, of Green Bay, Wis., did it best. They were the top male and female runners overall. Youth was served again in 2015 as Hebert and Fischer were repeat winners from 2014. Hebert, 22, had his running battles with Ironwood's A...
HURLEY - The Battle at the Bluff is a unique two-day, 36 hole best ball golf tournament hosted by the Eagle Bluff Golf Club and Trinity Dimich, of North Branch, Minn., and Jeff Gulan, of Hurley, won the championship flight by shooting a 69 on Sunday. Gulan said a change in the tournament's format may have helped them win the championship flight. Saturday's round and score now determine a team's flight and position in that flight for Sunday's round. But all the scores from Saturday are wiped out...
NORWAY - It is said that good pitching and solid defense wins baseball games and there was plenty of both on display in the MHSAA District 97 semifinal between North Central and the Ironwood Red Devil Devils on Monday. In the end, North Central held off Ironwood's final inning rally and prevailed 4-3. The loss ended Ironwood's season. "We just didn't get it done in the end," Red Devil coach Dan Niemi said. "The mental part of a ball game is so important. That's been the tale of the tape for...
Several Ironwood track-and-field athletes competed in the Division 2 U.P. Track-and-Field Finals on Saturday in Kingsford. A number of good performances were turned in and the Red Devil boy's team finished fifth with 50 points, while the Ironwood girl's team was seventh with 31 points. Both Ishpeming teams took home the gold and won by wide margins. Ironwood coach Ted Sim was pleased with how both teams performed. "The kids did very well overall and I was very happy with them," Sim said. "We did...
KINGSFORD - The Upper Peninsula's best track-and-field athletes will bein Kingsford today for the U.P. Finals. The Bessemer boys hope to bring home a trophy in Division 3, while Ironwood has several athletes looking to win in Division 2. Division 2 Ironwood's Jared Joki looks to repeat as U.P. Division 2 champion in the 1,600 -and -3,200-meter runs. Joki is the top seed in the 3,200 run, 1:02 faster than Iron Mountain's Nate Carey. Carey is seeded first in the 1,600 run with Joki fifth. But...
HURLEY - In a pitching duel, Hurley's Gabby Pecotte prevailed over Chetek-Weyerhaeuser 3-2 in an opening round WIAA regional match-up on a soggy Monday afternoon. "Their pitcher (Kelly Christensen) threw pretty hard and it was a good game all-around," Hurley coach Jim Kivisto said. "Gabby was impressive, too and kept them off-balance with two different change-ups. And she was getting them over for strikes. She'll start for us on Wednesday (regional semifinal). And we played defense very well,...
HURLEY - As part of Hurley's 30th annual Memorial Day weekend, Sunday featured the popular Mud Pit Races, which drew a large number of spectators who rimmed both sides of the pit. The races were held at the Trailhead on the Iron Horse Trail. Hurley Fire Department race officials said the partly sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s may have helped bring out more people. The primary sponsors of the Mud Pit races were area businesses and the Iron County ATV Association. They provided first,...
WAKEFIELD - The Wakefield-Marenisco girls track and field team put on a strong performance and out-distanced the Bessemer Speedgirls 102-78 in the final Porcupine Mountain Conference track meet at Cardinal Field in Wakefield. Along with the boy's W-M's victory, the double win will stand the test of time, because the Porcupine Mountain Conference, which has been the longest continuous running conference in Michigan since 1955 or '56, will be dis-banded next year. Cardinal coach Lauren Korpi thoug...
IRONWOOD - Seldom-used Ironwood pitcher Brett Ossanna surprised everyone with a great pitching performance and the rest of the Ironwood Red Devils played their best game of the season in defeating Drummond 3-1 in Indianhead Conference action at Lorenson Field on Thursday. Ossanna has been used sparingly as a relief pitcher, but Ironwood was hurting for pitchers with the number of games piling up, so Ossanna got the starting nod on Thursday. "It was a situation where we had to use him as a...
IRONWOOD - The Ironwood Red Devils swept both ends of a doubleheader from Bayfield on Tuesday at Lorenson Field. Ironwood took game one 20-10 and downed the Trollers in the nightcap 15-4. Game One Ironwood 20, Bayfield 10 Ironwood scored 11 runs in the sixth inning to double up Bayfield 20-10 in the first game of a doubleheader at Longyear Field on Tuesday. The game ended on the 10-run mercy rule. Scoring three runs in the top of the sixth inning, Bayfield had taken a 10-9 lead. But the Red...
IRONWOOD - West Iron County finished in first place in the girls division, while Ashland took home the gold on the boys side at the 36th annual Jack Kraemer Invitational Track Meet at Longyear Field on Monday. It was the third straight Kraemer title for both the Wykons and Ashland, not counting the 2013 meet which was canceled due to poor weather conditions. Weather has played a major role in disrupting recent Kraemers. In its first 19-years of existence, the Kraemer was never plagued by a...
